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sea-dog

sea-dog is the alternative spelling of seadog.

Meaning of seadog

Noun

seadog (plural seadogs)

  1. A sailor accustomed to the sea.
    • The old seadog knew the storm was coming long before the rest of the crew were aware of it.
  2. A pirate.
  3. (Scotland, archaic) A seal, especially a harbor seal. (marine mammal)
  4. A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.
  5. (informal) Synonym of sea puppy.
    • Sea Dogs (Otherwise known as Harbor Seals)2023 June 6, Gladu, Sarah, Coastal Rivers
    Synonyms:
    sea puppy
  6. A dogfish.

See all 9 meanings of seadog

Forms of sea-dog

pluralsea-dogs

Questions about sea-dog

What is sea-dog the alternative spelling of?
Sea-dog is the alternative spelling of seadog.

Words near sea-dog in the dictionary

  1. sea-crows
  2. sea-daisies
  3. sea-daisy
  4. sea-day
  5. sea-days
  6. sea-dog
  7. sea-dogs
  8. sea-drift
  9. sea-duty
  10. sea-eagle
  11. sea-eagles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sea-dog (page history and authors); seadog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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